Bonus
The “grotesque dandyism” of this ethnicity’s Pachuco subculture is analyzed in the opening essay of Octavio Paz’s The Labyrinth of Solitude. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this ethnicity of the Chicana author of The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros.
ANSWER: Mexican-American [prompt on Hispanic or Latino or Latina or Latine or Latinx]
[10h] In The Labyrinth of Solitude’s second essay, Paz uses machismo and love as examples of Mexican identity conveyed by these title things. Paz later refers to fiestas and death as occasions where these things may not be used.
ANSWER: masks [accept “Mexican Masks”]
[10m] Paz reuses the mask metaphor in an essay tracing the violation of La Malinche, an interpreter of this language. For his poem “Sunstone,” Paz adopted the use of difrasismos from the poetry of this Aztec language.
ANSWER: Nahuatl [or Nahua; prompt on Mexicano]
<Editors, World Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 115 | 14.17 | 73% | 63% | 6% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 4.00 | 20% | 20% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 33% | 78% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 86% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 60% | 60% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 25% | 75% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 14.17 | 83% | 58% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 78% | 56% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 89% | 67% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 75% | 100% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 10 | 12.00 | 60% | 40% | 20% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 88% | 88% | 25% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 16.15 | 77% | 77% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |